May 9, 2013

What’s beautiful now? If you ask our horticulturists they’ll say one thing: rain. It’s been a pretty dry spring, and while we have the ability to water deeply, there’s just nothing a plant loves more than an old fashioned rain storm. And like the adage says: May showers bring May flowers …. er, or something.

Just in time for Mother’s Day, we’re seeing a real turn towards the later spring flowers now, away from the cherry blossoms and daffodils of early spring. This week is all about flowering shrubs like lilacs, azaleas, and tree peonies. And then there are the tulips. Oh sooooo many tulips! In an absolute riot of color all over the Home Gardening Center.

In the newly opened Native Plant Garden things are a little more subdued, but still so lovely. Expect lots of beautiful dogwoods and gorgeous drifts of foam flower, Tiarella cordifolia. In the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden, the Otto Pizza Garden beds, part of Mario Batali’s Kitchen Gardens are looking unmistakably pizza-like.

What’s still beautiful from last week? The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden has another bloom every day. On Tuesday it was Rosa nutkana. By this weekend there should be a handful more in bloom. The Azalea Garden just gets better with each passing day, and the Native Plant Garden is just awesome, the perfect place to celebrate your mom on Sunday.

So, ready to come hang out with us in the Bronx? Here’s everything you need to know. For day-to-day updates on what we’re seeing around grounds, be sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter where we post daily updates from our staff and visitors. Also, need help getting around? Our iPhone app can help out there. It’s free and available in the App Store. ~AR

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April 18, 2013

What’s beautiful this week in the Bronx? CHERRY BLOSSOMS! Sooooo many cherry blossoms, spread widely around our 250 acres.

The most stunning example (and true staff favorite) is Prunus pendula var. ascendens, one of the biggest and most beautiful cherries on our grounds. It is situated just above Wamsler Rock (the big outcropping you can see from the main Tram Stop near the Visitor Center), at the juncture of the Rock Garden and the soon-to-open Native Plant Garden.

In addition, the monumental sculptures of Manolo Valdés are getting serious backup from a few stunning trees, the tulips are starting to lend bold shots of color to our landscape, and the topiary in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden have put on their summer frocks.

The weather this spring is proving perfect for blossom longevity, so many of the plants that we reported as blooming last week and the week before are still looking gorgeous. For day-to-day updates on what we’re seeing around grounds, be sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter where we post daily updates from our staff and visitors. Also, need help getting around? Our iPhone app can help out there. It’s free and available in the App Store. ~AR

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April 11, 2013

What’s in bloom now at NYBG? Oh so much! The cherry blossoms are beginning, but for the moment they are eclipsed by the wonderful (and fragrant!) magnolias. Daffodils are popping up all over, Siberian squills are creating drifts in many of our gardens, and the azaleas are starting to provide a girly blush to the hillsides of the Azalea Garden.

The warmth of the last two days made many of our blooms pop, and now these more seasonal, cooler days will allow those blooms to hold on through the weekend. Combine what’s outside on our 150 acres with the spectacular Orchid Show in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, and I really can’t think of a single reason to not come for a visit! ~AR


ps - Here’s what we reported to be in bloom last week. Many of these beauties are lingering, so be sure to keep an eye out for them, too.

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January 30, 2013
If you follow us on Instagram or on our blog then you’ll already know that we’re huge fans of the winter landscape. In case you thought we were a bit batty, the New York Times has our collective back and explains why you should love the starkness of winter, too. Hint: There’s more going on out there than you can ever imagine! ~AR

If you follow us on Instagram or on our blog then you’ll already know that we’re huge fans of the winter landscape. In case you thought we were a bit batty, the New York Times has our collective back and explains why you should love the starkness of winter, too. Hint: There’s more going on out there than you can ever imagine! ~AR

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November 12, 2012

We get a lot of people wondering why they would want to visit the outdoor portions of the Garden after the leaves have fallen and winter has set in and there are almost no flowers to be seen. We always tell them “because of the trees!” but it’s a hard sell. What about the trees? The form, the function, the silhouettes; there’s so much to love about trees once the leaves are gone, and this beautiful photoset highlights exactly what I am talking about. ~AR

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Forest textures before the snow hits in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

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October 31, 2012
The subtle genius of Piet Oudolf’s landscape design can be seen along the High Line, in Battery Park, and even touches the Seasonal Walk of The New York Botanical Garden. But abroad, he’s even more prolific with his mingling of form and, contrastingly, the lack of it. Now in an artistic partnership with renowned Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the monkish duo is taking on a challenge that will require an intense commitment of complementary talents: a 40-loft industrial living space replete with gardens, greenhouses, and growing things. Click through for the story of this lauded designer; we have a crush on him with good reason. —MN

The subtle genius of Piet Oudolf’s landscape design can be seen along the High Line, in Battery Park, and even touches the Seasonal Walk of The New York Botanical Garden. But abroad, he’s even more prolific with his mingling of form and, contrastingly, the lack of it. Now in an artistic partnership with renowned Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the monkish duo is taking on a challenge that will require an intense commitment of complementary talents: a 40-loft industrial living space replete with gardens, greenhouses, and growing things. Click through for the story of this lauded designer; we have a crush on him with good reason. —MN

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October 16, 2012
Trees are marvels of nature. They invest any landscape with a sense of permanence and character. There are trees living today that are older than recorded human history, recording yearly their own life histories in concentric rings. In The New York Botanical Garden, there are huge and magnificent trees that were standing before the Pilgrims first came ashore. A landscape without trees is bleak, a desert. Their presence is always a comfort for they are beautiful and essential for life as we know it. (via 10.15.12: A country escape | New York Social Diary)

Trees are marvels of nature. They invest any landscape with a sense of permanence and character. There are trees living today that are older than recorded human history, recording yearly their own life histories in concentric rings. In The New York Botanical Garden, there are huge and magnificent trees that were standing before the Pilgrims first came ashore. A landscape without trees is bleak, a desert. Their presence is always a comfort for they are beautiful and essential for life as we know it. (via 10.15.12: A country escape | New York Social Diary)

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September 28, 2012

Landscape portraiture meets traditional portraiture on film. Try doing this with a digital camera! ~AR

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Two photographers share the same rolls of film to create remarkable double exposures.

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July 3, 2012
The beautiful irony of this train-carved tree tunnel in Ukraine? The train is carrying trees to a factory where they will be ground into fiberboard for Ikea furniture. (via Magical tree tunnel was carved out by a train | Grist)

The beautiful irony of this train-carved tree tunnel in Ukraine? The train is carrying trees to a factory where they will be ground into fiberboard for Ikea furniture.

(via Magical tree tunnel was carved out by a train | Grist)

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May 9, 2012

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Botanical Garden’s orchid exhibit in Manhattan ^_^

Actually, we’re in the Bronx, but who’s counting! Thanks for visiting! Looks like you had a blast.

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April 27, 2012

It’s not everyday that I make a direct appeal to you, our Tumblr friends, but today, I’m going to do that.

As you can see from the photographs above, the Garden is a beautiful place, possibly most so in the spring. But then again, every single day, when I leave my office to do something mundane like walking to the train, I think it’s the most beautiful it can be. And then it happens again, and again. I pinch myself daily to be lucky enough to work here.

It’s easy to overlook the need for preservation of the landscape; I mean, what do plants and landscapes need to be preserved for? But, it’s not true. Plants do need to be preserved, to be protected, and the landscape needs to be tended and nurtured and cared for. It’s a tough concept to defend, but I will: The world needs beauty, and we need to preserve the Garden.

Please consider voting daily for the Garden to win part of a $3 million grant from Partners in Preservation so that we may preserve a small piece of Nature’s Showplace for many generations of future New Yorkers!

If you reblog this photo set, please consider leaving the above paragraph in place. If you do, I’ll buy you an ice cream! (Just kidding, but you will have my undying gratitude.) ~AR

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April 9, 2012
Daffodil Hill: 65 Years

A little more than a week ago, the Museum of the City of New York tweeted a photo of the Garden’s Daffodil Hill from 1947 as their photo of the day.

Inspired by the serene scene, I asked Garden photographer Ivo to head out and see if he could capture a similar shot. Trees have moved and grown, and this year’s strange weather has taken its toll on the blooms, but I think Ivo did a pretty good job. What do you think?

Thank you MCNY for the inspiration! ~AR

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April 2, 2012

smithsonianmag:

The Beauty of a Second

Every second counts - 60 seconds submitted by users to the fourth and final round of The Beauty of Second short film contest. Facebook.com/montblanc

Beautiful. Moving. And seriously concise!

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March 28, 2012

The Bronx Is Blooming!

Our ethereal blossoming cherries and plums are in full flower across The New York Botanical Garden’s 250-acres. In fact, we have so many trees in full flower, that choosing just 10 pictures to illustrate the insane beauty we’re surrounded by right now was an incredible challenge! ~AR

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Filed under: Cherry Blossoms Blossoming Cherries New York City Botanical Garden The New York Botanical Garden Photography Nature Trees Landscape 
November 16, 2011
GPOYW. Four seasons of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.

GPOYW.

Four seasons of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.

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